The Red Scholar's Wake (Xuya Universe Romances #1)
Aliette de Bodard
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars
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· 25 ratings · 336 pages · Published: 24 Nov 2022

Rice Fish: sentient ship, leader of the infamous Red Banner pirate fleet, wife of the Red Scholar. Or at least, she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances. Now isolated and alone, Rice Fish wants Xích Si's help to find out who struck against them and why. Marrying Xích Si means Rice Fish can offer Xích Si protection, in exchange for Xích Si's technical fluency: a business arrangement with nothing more to it.
But as the investigation goes on, Rice Fish and Xích Si find themselves falling for each other. As the interstellar war against piracy intensifies and the five fleets start fighting each other, they will have to make a stand-and to decide what kind of future they have together...
An exciting space opera and a beautiful romance, from an exceptional SF author.
Tagged as:
- lesbian romance 8
- science fiction 8
- pirate hero 7
- fantasy 6
- enemies to lovers 6
- mystery 4
- futuristic 4
- non-human heroine 3
- south asian/desi 2
- queer romance 2
- boss & employee 1
- forbidden love 1
- forced proximity 1
- secret relationship 1
- abduction 1
- found family 1
- political/court intrigue 1
- southeast asian mc 1
- competent heroine 1
- independent heroine 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- criminal heroine 1
- working class heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- human trafficking 1
- mental trauma 1
- past abuse 1
- abuse 1
- third party abuse 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 1
- third person pov 1
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The 'Xuya Universe Romances' series
29 ratings 3.29 ·
fantasy · audiobook · science fiction · forced proximity · southeast-asian-mc · competent heroine · political-intrigue · strong heroine · third-person-pov · non-human-heroine · found-family · dual-pov · outlaw-heroine · forbidden love · working class heroine · abduction · queer · secret-relationship · boss & employee · from hate to love
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